Kung Fu Panda 3' Takes out 'London Has Fallen' to Top UK Box Office

Kung Fu Panda 3' Takes out 'London Has Fallen' to Top UK Box Office

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FOX

After its healthy previews last week, Kung Fu Panda 3 has landed top of the UK box office on debut.

Fox's animated threequel grossed a non-final $6.8m (£4.76m), including $2.3m (£1.6m) in previews, from its 583 sites. It's worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $4.6m (£3.17m) would have also seen it chart in first place.

However, that marks the lowest overall opening of the trilogy, down on Kung Fu Panda 2's $8.9m (£6.19m) from 514 sites and Kung Fu Panda's $8.7m (£6.06m) from 446 sites.

In terms of Fri-Sun tallies though, Kung Fu Panda 3's $4.6m (£3.17m) is ahead of Kung Fu Panda 2's $4.4m (£3.07m), although still down on the first film's $6.3m (£4.38m).

Also for Fox, Deadpool dropped a slim 28% on its way to a $1.4m (£962,257) fifth weekend for an excellent $51.4m (£35.8m). It should still be able to overtake Iron Man 3's $53.2m (£37m) as the fifth biggest superhero film of all time.

Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip has now overtaken Chipwrecked as the second biggest performer of the series. The fourth outing added $425,000 (£295,332) for $22.6m (£15.71m) to date.

The Revenant and The Other Side Of The Door stand at $32.9m (£22.86m) and $778,000 (£541,112), respectively.

EONE

The Divergent Series: Allegiant got offto a sluggish start at the UK box office even though it charted second.

eOne's continuation of the young adult franchise took a non-final $2.6m (£1.83m), including $377,000 (£262,069) in previews, from its 528 sites. Its Fri-Sun tally of $2.3m (£1.57m) would have seen it chart third behind London Has Fallen.

That's slightly ahead of Divergent's $2.5m (£1.77m) but that was achieved from fewer sites (423) and without previews. It's some way short of The Divergent Series: Insurgent's $4.2m (£2.94m), including $554,000 (£384,965) in previews, from 497 sites.

Also for eOne, Oscar winner Spotlight dug up a further $252,000 (£174,979) for $8.4m (£5.85m) after seven weeks in play.

LIONSGATE

London Has Fallen has already outgrossed Olympus Has Fallen at the UK box office.

Lionsgate's action sequel held well to enjoy a $2.6m (£1.8m) second weekend as it dropped to third, and now stands at $9.3m (£6.44m) after 11 days in play to overtake Olympus Has Fallen's $8.8m (£6.1m) result.

London Has Fallen now stands a decent chance to hit the £10m mark given a lack of direct competition opening this weekend.

Also for Lionsgate, The Choice unsurprisingly struggled following its softopening, taking just $35,000 (£24,391) for a ten-day tally of $382,000 (£265,807). …